Colinjb Posted 24 January, 2020 Share Posted 24 January, 2020 (edited) First episode of ST Picard is on Amazon Prime now. Watched it this morning (cos I'm off sick from work at the mo), and it looks very promising. Had it on first thing at work today whilst marking. I thought it was quite brilliant. Effortlessly embraced canon, expands on ideas brilliantly and a very thought provoking if unsubtle critique of contemporary issues. Edited 24 January, 2020 by Colinjb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 14 February, 2020 Share Posted 14 February, 2020 First episode of ST Picard is on Amazon Prime now. Watched it this morning (cos I'm off sick from work at the mo), and it looks very promising. Had it on first thing at work today whilst marking. I thought it was quite brilliant. Effortlessly embraced canon, expands on ideas brilliantly and a very thought provoking if unsubtle critique of contemporary issues. Seven of Nine just turned up. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 17 February, 2020 Share Posted 17 February, 2020 Seven of Nine just turned up. :) Has the potential to not just be a random cameo. And it still appears that she is 'Seven,' not Annika. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 3 March, 2020 Share Posted 3 March, 2020 Season 2 of Altered Carbon is out on Netflix now. Only watched the first two episodes so far but it looks decent. Got a new lead actor playing Kovacs, but the whole premise of re-sleeving means this fits perfectly well into the AC universe. Still got the AI hotelier guy though, and he was great in season 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 13 March, 2020 Share Posted 13 March, 2020 Feeling some Mass Effect influence in ST: Picard. Those visions of impending synth related apocalypse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 20 October, 2020 Share Posted 20 October, 2020 ST Discovery Season 3 just started on NETFLIX, new episodes every Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 23 hours ago, badgerx16 said: ST Discovery Season 3 just started on NETFLIX, new episodes every Friday. Yep, watched the first one and thought it looked really good. I really don't get the hatred some people show towards Disco. It's far from perfect, granted, but the biggest problem people seem to have with it is "It's not Star Trek". But it very much is IMO. Much more so than the Kelvin timeline movies anyway. It's a shame people have to judge it based on their own expectations rather than on its own merits. When TNG started, a lot of people hated it and dismissed the idea of a balding English actor playing a reserved French captain of the Enterprise, and its first two seasons were mostly awful. But after it had found its feet and fans grew more attached to the characters, it eventually it became the best loved ST series of them all. Disco feels much different because it's much more cinematic looking than previous ST series, and due to the on-demand nature of TV viewing, it is serialised rather than the episodic "alien of the week" format that people were used to previously.* We've had the first two seasons of character development now, and the producers rectified the continuity problems at the end of S2 (explaining why nobody had ever mentioned the spore drive or Spock having a human sister before). Now we get to see this crew in a time period that has never been explored before in ST canon, and I'm really looking forward to how it pans out. * - on that note, I'm looking forward to seeing the Strange New Worlds spinoff show, featuring Pike and Spock. The studio have said this will be much more like the episodic and optimistic vision of the original series, and I thought Anson Mount as Pike was really good in S2 of Disco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 30 November, 2020 Share Posted 30 November, 2020 On 21/10/2020 at 22:26, Sheaf Saint said: Yep, watched the first one and thought it looked really good. I really don't get the hatred some people show towards Disco. It's far from perfect, granted, but the biggest problem people seem to have with it is "It's not Star Trek". But it very much is IMO. Much more so than the Kelvin timeline movies anyway. It's a shame people have to judge it based on their own expectations rather than on its own merits. When TNG started, a lot of people hated it and dismissed the idea of a balding English actor playing a reserved French captain of the Enterprise, and its first two seasons were mostly awful. But after it had found its feet and fans grew more attached to the characters, it eventually it became the best loved ST series of them all. Disco feels much different because it's much more cinematic looking than previous ST series, and due to the on-demand nature of TV viewing, it is serialised rather than the episodic "alien of the week" format that people were used to previously.* We've had the first two seasons of character development now, and the producers rectified the continuity problems at the end of S2 (explaining why nobody had ever mentioned the spore drive or Spock having a human sister before). Now we get to see this crew in a time period that has never been explored before in ST canon, and I'm really looking forward to how it pans out. * - on that note, I'm looking forward to seeing the Strange New Worlds spinoff show, featuring Pike and Spock. The studio have said this will be much more like the episodic and optimistic vision of the original series, and I thought Anson Mount as Pike was really good in S2 of Disco. Well it seems my optimism was very much misplaced. What a load of utter shit this season has turned out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 1 December, 2020 Share Posted 1 December, 2020 21 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said: Well it seems my optimism was very much misplaced. What a load of utter shit this season has turned out to be. I do find Burnham has become very annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 1 December, 2020 Share Posted 1 December, 2020 4 hours ago, badgerx16 said: I do find Burnham has become very annoying. I hoped they might try and take the focus off her a bit this season and give more screen time to some other characters, but they've gone the opposite way and made it even more about her. And none of the other characters are much cop anyway. The only slightly interesting one is Giorgiou, but the writers don't even have a clue what to do with her and it's a shameful waste of Michelle Yeoh's talents. The rest of the Discovery crew are just glorified extras. Oh well, S5 of The Expanse starts in a couple of weeks. I recently binge-watched all of Series 1-4 again while I was off work for a bit and everything about it is better than any of the current ST series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 7 December, 2020 Share Posted 7 December, 2020 Anybody watched Raised by Wolves yet? It's all on Sky/NowTV now. I read about it and saw a trailer a while back and it looks like it could be excellent. Plenty of people raving about it online anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 7 December, 2020 Share Posted 7 December, 2020 1 hour ago, Sheaf Saint said: Anybody watched Raised by Wolves yet? It's all on Sky/NowTV now. I read about it and saw a trailer a while back and it looks like it could be excellent. Plenty of people raving about it online anyway. For a while I thought you were talking about the sitcom based in Wolverhampton that was on C4 a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 8 December, 2020 Share Posted 8 December, 2020 On 07/12/2020 at 17:35, Sheaf Saint said: Anybody watched Raised by Wolves yet? It's all on Sky/NowTV now. I read about it and saw a trailer a while back and it looks like it could be excellent. Plenty of people raving about it online anyway. Travis Fimmel reprises his performance as Ragnar Lothbrock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 11 December, 2020 Share Posted 11 December, 2020 Why are the mirror universe uniforms in Disco so much sexier than those in the Prime ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted 11 December, 2020 Share Posted 11 December, 2020 On 01/12/2020 at 08:26, badgerx16 said: I do find Burnham has become very annoying. Not to mention her continual whispering, masquerading as dramatic expression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted 11 December, 2020 Share Posted 11 December, 2020 On 07/12/2020 at 17:35, Sheaf Saint said: Anybody watched Raised by Wolves yet? It's all on Sky/NowTV now. I read about it and saw a trailer a while back and it looks like it could be excellent. Plenty of people raving about it online anyway. Watched it right through. Thought the premise was original and it started quite well. It ran out of steam about two-thirds through and ended a little farcical. Did I mention a flying eel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 12 December, 2020 Share Posted 12 December, 2020 15 hours ago, badgerx16 said: Why are the mirror universe uniforms in Disco so much sexier than those in the Prime ? I think it's more a combination of the uniforms and the evil looking make-up and facial expressions. Was always that way with DS9 as well. Mirrorverse Kira - the Intendant - was smokin' hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 12 December, 2020 Share Posted 12 December, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said: I think it's more a combination of the uniforms and the evil looking make-up and facial expressions. Was always that way with DS9 as well. Mirrorverse Kira - the Intendant - was smokin' hot. Sex is power ? Edited 12 December, 2020 by badgerx16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 17 December, 2020 Share Posted 17 December, 2020 First 3 episodes of The Expanse season 5 on Amazon Prime now. I can't love this show enough. Watched the first new episode last night, and while it was just a scene-setter with very little actually happening, it just looks amazing. The visual effects, which were already excellent, have been stepped up a level, and it looks incredible in 4K. Really looking forward to the rest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 17 December, 2020 Share Posted 17 December, 2020 Discovery is just wank now, just fast forwarded through most of the last weeks. The Mandalorian, however, is bloody brilliant still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 1 January, 2021 Share Posted 1 January, 2021 On 17/12/2020 at 20:28, View From The Top said: The Mandalorian, however, is bloody brilliant still. I was a bit worried by the first few episodes of season 2, in that it seemed to have become cliched; firstly, Star Wars meets Dune ( Giant sand worm ), secondly Star Wars meets Aliens ( cave full of eggs that hatch into evil critters ), but it steered away and built up a good momentum. Excellent example of Girl Power in the last couple of episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 2 January, 2021 Share Posted 2 January, 2021 On 01/01/2021 at 00:12, badgerx16 said: I was a bit worried by the first few episodes of season 2, in that it seemed to have become cliched; firstly, Star Wars meets Dune ( Giant sand worm ), secondly Star Wars meets Aliens ( cave full of eggs that hatch into evil critters ), but it steered away and built up a good momentum. Excellent example of Girl Power in the last couple of episodes. I'll be interested to see how they develop it from where they are now. Also, the book of Boba Fett. Yes please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 8 January, 2021 Share Posted 8 January, 2021 Just watched the last episode of Disco season 3; how much void space is there inside that ship ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 26 January, 2021 Share Posted 26 January, 2021 On 08/01/2021 at 19:56, badgerx16 said: Just watched the last episode of Disco season 3; how much void space is there inside that ship ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Luke Posted 5 February, 2021 Share Posted 5 February, 2021 Season 5 of The Expanse was epic - so glad they have signed up for Season 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 18 May, 2021 Share Posted 18 May, 2021 Interesting to have had Disney filming part of a new Star Wars prequel series locally, using the sea front in Cleveleys as a location for Andor, a prequel to Rogue One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 24 May, 2021 Share Posted 24 May, 2021 Second season of Love Death and Robots out now on Netflix. For those unfamiliar it's an anthology series of animated short sci-fi films, and apart from a few not-so-good ones here and there, it's mostly excellent. The animation in season 1 was very good but in season 2 it's incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 5 September, 2021 Share Posted 5 September, 2021 The new Dune movie finally gets released next month, after being delayed from last December. I've been cautiously excited about this ever since it was announced a few years ago, because Denis Villeneuve is a brilliant director who did an outstanding job with the Bladerunner sequel. But given how difficult the story has proved to be made into a film previously (I liked the Lynch version but I can see why it was so widely criticised), there was always the possibility it would be another dud and a massive disappointment given how long we've had to wait for it. However, I've read a few reviews of it in recent days and they are absolutely raving about it.. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/dune-review-b1913870.html https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/03/dune-review-denis-villenueve-venice-film-festival?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 5 September, 2021 Share Posted 5 September, 2021 19 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said: The new Dune movie finally gets released next month, after being delayed from last December. I've been cautiously excited about this ever since it was announced a few years ago, because Denis Villeneuve is a brilliant director who did an outstanding job with the Bladerunner sequel. But given how difficult the story has proved to be made into a film previously (I liked the Lynch version but I can see why it was so widely criticised), there was always the possibility it would be another dud and a massive disappointment given how long we've had to wait for it. However, I've read a few reviews of it in recent days and they are absolutely raving about it.. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/dune-review-b1913870.html https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/03/dune-review-denis-villenueve-venice-film-festival?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other Can't wait. I like Arrival as well, so he does seem to have a knack with the genre. There is also Foundation, based on Isaac Asimov's books, coming up on Apple TV, though I hope to find a way to get to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 5 September, 2021 Share Posted 5 September, 2021 16 minutes ago, badgerx16 said: I like Arrival as well, so he does seem to have a knack with the genre. There is also Foundation, based on Isaac Asimov's books, coming up on Apple TV, though I hope to find a way to get to see it. Yeah Arrival was also very good. Loved the twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 6 September, 2021 Share Posted 6 September, 2021 I know it doesn't alter the story line, but in the new Dune film why is Dr Liet Kynes, most definately male in the book, played by a woman ? It's the sort of non-canonical detail that really annoys autistic pedants like me, in the same way that Peter Jackson's bringing the elves to Helm's Deep in The Two Towers did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 6 September, 2021 Share Posted 6 September, 2021 4 hours ago, badgerx16 said: I know it doesn't alter the story line, but in the new Dune film why is Dr Liet Kynes, most definately male in the book, played by a woman ? It's the sort of non-canonical detail that really annoys autistic pedants like me, in the same way that Peter Jackson's bringing the elves to Helm's Deep in The Two Towers did. Perhaps they just couldn't find the right man during casting, but they were impressed with Sharon Duncan-Brewster when she auditioned for a different role? Who knows. Like you said, it doesn't really alter the story, and maybe even that character works better as a woman? When Herbert wrote Dune in the early 60s, it was still very much a male-dominated world so maybe it didn't even occur to him to write Kynes as a woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 7 September, 2021 Share Posted 7 September, 2021 On 05/09/2021 at 17:06, Sheaf Saint said: Yeah Arrival was also very good. Loved the twist. oh nooo Watching Man in the High Castle at the moment. Very watchable and interesting concept. Not many episodes in so far though so potential to go down hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 7 September, 2021 Share Posted 7 September, 2021 7 hours ago, skintsaint said: oh nooo Watching Man in the High Castle at the moment. Very watchable and interesting concept. Not many episodes in so far though so potential to go down hill. I binge watched that a few months ago. Something like forty hours or more. An interesting concept and probably worth discussing once you’ve watched it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 7 September, 2021 Share Posted 7 September, 2021 4 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said: I binge watched that a few months ago. Something like forty hours or more. An interesting concept and probably worth discussing once you’ve watched it all. Yet another series spoilt by a hurried ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesfp1 Posted 9 September, 2021 Share Posted 9 September, 2021 (edited) https://youtu.be/JIThBMSABTo Edited 9 September, 2021 by jamesfp1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 9 September, 2021 Share Posted 9 September, 2021 3 hours ago, jamesfp1 said: https://youtu.be/JIThBMSABTo Meh. Can't say I'm too enthused about this. Looks like they've just taken the Disney approach to Star Wars and re-hashed the original film with the same cast for a new generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 10 September, 2021 Share Posted 10 September, 2021 7 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said: Meh. Can't say I'm too enthused about this. Looks like they've just taken the Disney approach to Star Wars and re-hashed the original film with the same cast for a new generation. It looked great when released 20 odd years ago. Sure the new one will look amazing. Storyline I'm not hoping too much of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 10 September, 2021 Share Posted 10 September, 2021 5 hours ago, skintsaint said: It looked great when released 20 odd years ago. Sure the new one will look amazing. Storyline I'm not hoping too much of. Oh yeah, the first film massively raised the bar for visuals against which all other sci-fi films were then judged. But the CGI in the sequels was overdone and looked very silly at times (like when Neo fought off a few dozen Agent Smiths all at once), and I thought they were very poor overall. This new one certainly looks good on the eye, but yeah I'm not expecting a great plot. From what it shows in the trailer, Neo seems to have been re-inserted into the matrix and had his memory wiped, so he has to go through the whole process of discovering he is The One again. Just seems like lazy writing IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 10 September, 2021 Share Posted 10 September, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said: From what it shows in the trailer, Neo seems to have been re-inserted into the matrix and had his memory wiped, so he has to go through the whole process of discovering he is The One again. Just seems like lazy writing IMO. That does sound pretty shite and lazy. Hopefully not. Then again didn't the Architect say he has destroyed Zion before? Edited 10 September, 2021 by skintsaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 10 September, 2021 Share Posted 10 September, 2021 1 hour ago, skintsaint said: That does sound pretty shite and lazy. Hopefully not. Then again didn't the Architect say he has destroyed Zion before? Yes I did 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 29 October, 2021 Share Posted 29 October, 2021 Just been to see Dune. I've been excited about this ever since I read that Denis Villeneuve was taking it on a few years ago and it didn't disappoint. Every bit as good as I hoped it would be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 11 December, 2021 Share Posted 11 December, 2021 (edited) Expanse S6 on Amazon Prime Edited 13 December, 2021 by badgerx16 Spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 30 December, 2021 Share Posted 30 December, 2021 Just signed up for 5 months free AppleTV, so can give Foundation and For All Mankind a try. I am disappointed that Disco S4 isn't easy to get to - I know it's on PlutoTV but there isn't any catch-up service so you are bound to their schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 2 January, 2022 Share Posted 2 January, 2022 the missus is making me watch Lost in Space, farking awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 2 January, 2022 Share Posted 2 January, 2022 10 hours ago, skintsaint said: the missus is making me watch Lost in Space, farking awful. You must have been a veeeery baaaaaad boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 10 January, 2022 Share Posted 10 January, 2022 On 30/12/2021 at 22:02, badgerx16 said: Just signed up for 5 months free AppleTV, so can give Foundation and For All Mankind a try. I am disappointed that Disco S4 isn't easy to get to - I know it's on PlutoTV but there isn't any catch-up service so you are bound to their schedule. Finding Foundation a big disappointment. They have taken a classic Sci-Fi story and almost totally rewritten it, turning it into just another Star Wars clone - to the extent that the baddies struggle to hit anybody despite advancing en masse with high tech automatic weapons. They have taken every key part of the story and reinvented it - other than the title and certain planetary names almost everything has been altered, to no apparent purpose. Sometimes screenwriters are just too damned clever for their own good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 15 January, 2022 Share Posted 15 January, 2022 The Expanse comes to an end with most threads in the Solar System neatly tied off, but the other sides of the rings left vague and loosely sketched. Knowing how the books develop this isn't much of a problem, but as an ending for those unfamiliar with them is it sufficient, or has the Laconia story line simply been left hanging ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 5 March, 2022 Share Posted 5 March, 2022 Season 2 of ST Picard just started on AMAZON Prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 9 March, 2022 Share Posted 9 March, 2022 On 05/03/2022 at 18:50, badgerx16 said: Season 2 of ST Picard just started on AMAZON Prime. Very much enjoyed that first episode. Probably the best single episode of Trek since the TNG/DS9/VOY era. Was just great to see some of the Starfleet ships from that era again, only in glorious 4K. The new Stargazer is a thing of beauty. Looking forward to how the season pans out. I enjoyed S1 very much but the finale was a bit of a let-down. I saw on my feed this morning that S3 has wrapped production, so hopefully we won't have such a long wait for that as we did between 1 and 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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